Despite the fact
that Microsoft has made no official announcements of its plans of
launching an iOS compatible version of Office for the iPad and
iPhone, there is substantial evidence indicating towards Microsoft’s
intentions of doing so. The launch is predicted at some time around
the beginning of 2013, following shortly with an Android compatible
version soon after. According to speculation by the Verge, the iOS
version for Office has been designed as a collection of free apps for
Word, PowerPoint and Excel that will allow users to view documents of
each type and create and edit relevant files after subscribing to the
app.
However, the wisdom
of such a tremendous move on Microsoft’s part is certainly
questionable, especially provided the fact that it would serve
greatly to strengthen the role of the iPad as a business device. Not
only that, it will also undermine the advantages of features offered
by Windows 8 and completely do away with the point of having Windows
RT which will subsequently cause the demise of its Surface tablet.
Also, it will entirely refute Microsoft’s stance that the iPad is
meant solely for content consumption. As if the problem of key logger
and computermonitoring app was not enough, bringing Office to their
competing platform might just put Microsoft’s computers right in
the dark. To cut a long story short, entering the iOS realm sounds
like nothing but bad news for Microsoft.
The Predicted
Consequences
In the face of such
an argument, some might claim that the majority of users who work on
Office are so accustomed to its conventional version that the Windows
RT Office or any touch-sensitive adaptation of it for that matter
would not be good enough for them. However, what they fail to
acknowledge is that in the midst of all the users who care too much
about Office and the ones who don’t care at all, there is a hefty
group of users for whom the iOS version of Office would be the
perfect addition to make their iPad or iPhone a complete package.
They can be people
using their tabs for anything from writing essays in Word to managing
the budget and finances of a home business on Excel or even employees
at office putting the final touches to a PowerPoint presentation.
For such users, an Office app is exactly what they need to do
everything that they wish to with their tablets alone so much so that
they might entirely decide on foregoing their laptop or PC.
Microsoft’s Side
of the Story
Apparently Microsoft
has not been altogether unwise while coming up with its version of
Office for iOS. It has still been able to keep its own platforms one
step ahead in terms of functionality as far as the use of Office apps
is concerned. Microsoft products will be able to retain their status
as being inherently suited to the Office apps since the creation and
editing features offered for the iOS version will be much limited
despite the subscription while the Windows RT and Surface tablet will
be able to offer the near-full Office version without requiring any
subscription.
As it turns out,
while Microsoft might be facilitating iOS users with its Office
version for iOS, the act certainly does not imply that it is nailing
the coffins of its own products. While the touch-pad supporting
Office versions is great for users who just need a little bit of
Office in their lives, it is a fact that anyone who wants to take
advantage of the full features of Office will have to eventually turn
to Windows.
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